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Star Trek: The Next Generation


“The Loss”

Episode Number84 (4.10)
Production Number184
Season4
Stardate44356.9
Original Airdate31-Dec-1990
StoryHilary J. Bader
TeleplayHilary J. Bader and Alan J. Bader & Vanessa Greene
DirectorChip Chalmers
Deanna Troi's senses become overloaded
Synopsis

Troi loses her empathic abilities while the Enterprise is trapped in a two-dimensional field and being drawn with it toward a cosmic string that will destroy the Enterprise.

Guest Cast

Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan)
Kim Braden (Ensign Janet Brooks)
Mary Kohnert (Ensign Tess Allenby)

Notes
  • Riker refers to Deanna as "imzadi" (Betazoid for "beloved"), which is the first time the word has been heard since Season 2 ("Shades of Gray"). We won't hear it again until the 5th season (a "flashback" in "Violations") and then the 7th season ("Thine Own Self").